Where does “grafa” come from?
grafa (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse grafa, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.
grafa (Icelandic): to dig; to bury; to engrave
Definitions
- to dig; to bury; to engrave
Ancestry of “grafa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | grafa | to dig; to bury; to engrave |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | grabaną | to dig; to engrave, scratch |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrābʰ- | to dig, scratch, scrape |